Improvement in toy-boxes



o. HENRY. Toy-Box.

No. 21!,095. I Patented Jan. 7, i879;

. Invenzor NPETERS, FHOTOLITHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CORNELIUS HENRY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY-BOXES. I

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,095, dated January 7, 1879 application filed November 27, 1878.

To all whom it may concern.-

.Be it known that I, CORNELIUS HENRY, of the city and State of New York, have i11- vented a new and Improved Box for Toys or Toy-Box; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved toy-box. Fig. 2 is avertical cross-section of the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a box which will be. a toy in itself, and at the same time be adapted to contain other toys or similar small articles. I My invention consists in a box having a back much higher than the front piece, sides of upper curved outline, and a curved sliding receding cover provided with slots, through which pass headed studs, holding it beneath a ledge or shelf arranged on the back of the box near its top, said ledge being adapted to lay toys upon.

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, B is the bottom of the box; A, the back, and O the front. The

' of the box.

back A is about three times the depth of the front 0. The sides D are the same height with the back A, Where they join said back, and thence by two curved cuts, a and b, one abrupt and one gradual, they come down to a level with the front G, where they are attached to it.

A ledge or shelf, L, having a beveled front edge, projects from the back toward the front From the front of the box to a point beneath the shelf L passes a curved cover, E, its curvature corresponding in general to curve I), and it has two parallel slots, 6 0, through which pass headed studs 8 s, sup porting the cover, and at the same time allowing it to be pushed back beneath the shelf L.

The front of the cover bears a hasp, h, to engage with a hook, i, to secure the cover.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a toy-box having curved sides D D, a curved slidingreced ing cover, E, provided with the slots c e and headed studs 8 s, and shelf L, the whole constructed substantially as set forth. I

CORNELIUS HENRY.

Witnesses:

R. K. EVANS, A. H. EVANS. 

